Indicative programme - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting, 8 November 2019

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 6 november 2019.

Place:

Europa building, Brussels

Chair:

Mika Lintilä, Minister for finance of Finland

All times are approximate and subject to change

From +/- 07.15

Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 07.45

Doorstep by Minister Lintilä

08.00

Roundtable - Ministerial dialogue with EFTA countries

09.00

Roundtable - Ecofin / ministerial breakfast

09.30

Roundtable - Joint policy debate with participation of Ministers for finance and education

12.10

Press conference following the joint policy debate with participation of Ministers for finance and education

12.30

Beginning of the Ecofin Council meeting

Adoption of the agenda

Adoption of non-legislative A Items

+/- 12.35

Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (*)

+/- 12.40

Adoption of legislative A Items (public session)

+/- 12.55

Excise duties (public session)

+/- 13.25

Transmission and exchange of VAT-relevant payment data (public session)

+/- 13.55

Special VAT scheme for small enterprises (public session)

+/- 14.25

Other business - Current financial services legislative proposals (public session)

+/- 14.40

Digital taxation

2019 Annual report of the European Fiscal Board

Conclusions on EU statistics

Conclusions on climate finance for the COP25

Follow-up to the G20, r and IMF and World Bank annual meetings in October 2019 in Washington

Other business - Stable coins

+/- 17.00

Press conference (live streaming)

In the margins of the Council

Thursday, 7 November

Macroeconomic dialogue

+/- 11.30

Roundtable

Eurogroup meeting

From 13.30

Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 14.45

Doorstep of Eurogroup President Mario Centeno

+/- 15.00

Roundtable - Eurogroup

From 15.30

Arrivals (Inclusive EG)

+/- 16.00

Roundtable - Eurogroup in inclusive format

18.00

Press conference (live streaming)